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NAME
     nfsd - NFS daemon

SYNOPSIS
     nfsd [ -a ] [ -p protocol ] [-t device ] [ nservers ]

DESCRIPTION
     nfsd starts the  daemons  that  handle  client  file  system
     requests.

     The following options are recognized:

     -a     start nfsd's over all available connectionless  tran-
            sports

     -p protocol
            start nfsd's over the specified protocol

     -t device
            start nfsd's for the transport specified by the given
            device

     nservers
            the number of file system request daemons  to  start.
            nservers should be based on the load expected on this
            server.  Four is the usual number of nservers.

     The nfsd daemons are automatically invoked in run level 3.

FILES
     .nfsXXX             client machine pointer to  an  open-but-
                         unlinked file

SEE ALSO
     biod(1M), mountd(1M), sharetab(4).




















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